Thomas Andreas Forst is a board-certified physician for internal medicine, endocrinology and diabetes. He serves as the Chief Medical Officer and the Chairman of the Executive Board of Clinical Research Services Germany. Thomas Forst is a teaching professor for Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Within the last 30 years, Professor Forst was involved in more than 300 clinical trials with strong focus on obesity, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular complications. Thomas Forst serves as the chairman of the study group Diabetes and Heart and a board member of the neuropathy study group of the German Diabetes Association. Professor Forst has authored or co-authored more than three-hundred articles in peer reviewed National and International Journals. He is a member of several national and international Editorial Boards and an Associate Editor of Diabetes Endocrinology & Diabetes.